xvi, 320 pages : 24 cm

"Adolf Hitler spawned a breed of lesser lights who made sure that the theoretical evil poured out in Mein Kampf became a reality. By turning the spotlight on the lives and actions of these 19 members of the Nazi elite, Hitler's Henchmen shows exactly how it was possible. The Nazi's systematic extermination of supposedly inferior races and social groups gave a new meaning to horror. But so much suffering and terror could not be instigated by one man alone. Through these biographical sketches of his key henchmen we can begin to understand how Hitler's ideas and desires became real beyond all imagining."--Page 4 of cover

Originally published: 1989

Herman Goering: Germany's deadly Falstaff -- Mass-murderer Heinrich Himmler -- Julius Streicher: pornographer and sadist -- Ernest Roehm: bully boy of the streets -- Rudolf Hess: paladin extraordinary -- Joseph Goebbels: Hitler's little mouse-general -- Brown eminence: Martin Bormann -- Alfred Rosenberg: philosopher of the absurd -- Champagne salesman Ribbentrop -- Baldur von Schirach: misleader of German youth -- Hangman Heydrich -- Gorilla Kaltenbrunner -- Killer Adolf Eichmann -- Exterminator Rudolf Hoess -- Josef Kramer: the beast of Belsen -- Ilse Koch: the bitch of Buchenwald -- Auschwitz doctor Josef Mengele -- Quack doctor Theodor Morell -- Otto Skorzeny: soldier of fortune

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